‘Whose songs are fading day by day’: IFS officer shares photo of plaque dedicated to sparrow
Netizens loved the gesture and the tweet triggered a discussion on the decline in the sparrow population.
Waking up to the melodious chirping of sparrows has turned out to be a memory for many. Sparrows, a common sight until recently, have declined in numbers because of the depletion of their natural flora.
On World Sparrow Day, observed every year on March 20 to raise awareness about the bird, Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan tweeted a photograph of a plaque dedicated to a sparrow that died in March 1974 in a police firing in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad.
“Today is #WorldSparrowDay. Whose songs are fading day by day. But here is a unique thing to share today. Only plaque in world dedicated to #sparrow is in Ahmedabad. Dedicated to a sparrow that died in March of 1974 in police firing. People are beautiful !!” Kaswan said in his tweet.
The plaque honouring the bird reads, “During the 1974 Roti Ramkhan (Navnirman Movement) in Gujarat, on 02-03-1974,5:25 pm, an innocent sparrow was killed here in reckless police firing.”
Today is #WorldSparrowDay. Whose songs are fading day by day.
But here is a unique thing to share today. Only plaque in world dedicated to #sparrow is in Ahmedabad. Dedicated to a sparrow that died in March of 1974 in police firing. People are beautiful !! pic.twitter.com/jyPweFub7L
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) March 20, 2022
Netizens loved the gesture and the tweet triggered a discussion on the decline in the sparrow population. “Sparrows were as common as pigeons in Ahmedabad. They are gone now, don’t know what happened. We even had so many vultures around the riverside. We used to live near the river and I used to get annoyed by vultures at the terrace because they were scary and I couldn’t play near them,” commented a user.
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Today is #WorldSparrowDay
Did you know that there are 25 species of sparrows globally? And 5 of these are found in India.
(These exquisite paintings are from my friend Rupa Samaria, at Visuals Art Gallery, India Habitat Center) pic.twitter.com/81JwYij2U9— Prof Shamika Ravi (@ShamikaRavi) March 20, 2022
Today is World Sparrow Day.
The perfect excuse to repost this GORGEOUS painting ‘Rainy Day Sparrows’ – by Isle of Man based wildlife artist, Jeremy Paul…#WorldSparrowDay pic.twitter.com/XVgJIM5Pim
— Brigit Strawbridge (@B_Strawbridge) March 20, 2022
The best thing in life we have taken for granted.#WorldSparrowDay @rameshpandeyifs @ParveenKaswan @susantananda3 @ARanganathan72 @manojmuntashir @TandonRaveena @PMOIndia @myogiadityanath pic.twitter.com/xxwknl9G2v
— WildLense® Eco Foundation 🇮🇳 (@WildLense_India) March 20, 2022
Take a picture of sparrow around and share. One of the residents of Meerut shared this picture to @MeerutForest and participated in the sparrow census being done there by involving netizens. #WorldSparrowDay pic.twitter.com/ESc8nAa8zg
— Ramesh Pandey (@rameshpandeyifs) March 20, 2022
World Sparrow Day is an initiative by the Nature Forever Society of India along with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation (France) and other national and international organisations. Mohammed Dilawar, an Indian conservationist who established The Nature Forever Society, is often praised for his effort in saving sparrows. It is intended not only to conserve house sparrows but also to trigger discussions around the bird.
